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Was wondering if any knowledgeable people can lend their opinion. Was coerced into a small batik shop in Yogyakarta, knew I was getting tourist taxed but didn’t think about whether these are actually machine printed instead of hand done. They both have the same colour and pigment on either side.
The dot work in the temple is almost identical on either side which from the information I was able to gather is a sign of machine printed? Seems unlikely the dye would form exactly even dots on either side of the fabric. But the background dye seems to be unique on either side. Tha
u/New_Garage_3955 — 10 days ago